Texas City is about at 25-minute drive to the port of Galveston. I was able to get a room at the Quality Inn I-45 in Texas City for a total of $80 on Hotwire. That was for a Thursday night before a Friday cruise on Norwegian Prima out of…
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I booked this cruise last April. I was a little hesitant about booking a Friday-Friday cruise out of Galveston. I prefer to save that sixth vacation day for a cruise that I need a travel day for. But I decided to do it since this offers me a chance…
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Good morning! Today is debarkation day. I was awake at 6:30 but had my alarm set to 7. I gave up on additional sleep at 6:45. I think I got 7 1/2 hours which is right about what I normally get. At 7:15 they started debarkation calling self assist…
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Good morning. We are supposed to be in Great Stirrup Cay today but I just woke up to an announcement that the port has been cancelled due to unsafe tendering conditions.
Here is today’s Freestyle Daily. They are supposed to be updating it.
We have a changeup on the pastry in…
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Good morning! Today is a sea day. This is the breakfast spread in the studio lounge.
I’m going with cafe latte today.
Then I headed to the atrium for an Irish coffee.
Here is today’s Freestyle Daily.
The atrium bar got loaded with walk-ups so I stepped up to deck 7 at The…
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Good morning from Tortola. I had the steward clean out all of the junk they try to sell you that was taking up my desk space yesterday.
I got up three some clothes on and ran downstairs for coffee and water.
I got a couple pastries, a couple double espressos, and…
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Around the corner was a line of people waiting for the excursion. It turns out they had space for two people so me and one other solo got to jump the line and get on a bus immediately.
I got a very special bus. The driver’s name is Mejo. He…
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Good morning from St. Thomas! Today is going to be all about viewpoints. I have a ticket on the Sky Ride that takes you up to Paradise Point. Then I have a tour in the afternoon that takes us up to Mountain Top.
Here is today’s Freestyle Daily.
I got dressed…
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One of the major attractions in St. Thomas is Mountain Top. With Norwegian’s $50 excursion discount, I was able to get this tour for $19 which is cheaper than any other form of transportation to mountain top. Actually my research suggested if you want to visit Mountain top you…
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The USS Bowfin is a Balao class fleet submarine that launched exactly 1 year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Bowfin made nine patrol runs during WWII. It was responsible for destroying up to 140 thousand tons of enemy ships over 2 1/2 years. This gave the Bowfin…
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